Friday's Notebook

September 6, 1986

The Montreal Expos replaced club president John McHale in an attempt to solve the organization's financial troubles. Claude R. Brochu was introduced at a news conference by Expos owner Charles Bronfman as the successor to McHale, president since the club's inception in 1968. Brochu, 41, has been executive vice president of marketing for Joseph E. Seagram and Sons. Ltd., a distilling company controlled by Bronfman. McHale will not step down officially until the end of the 1987 season.